 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
Maintenance inspector finds several maintenance items not complied with? No logbooks for proper entries.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 239536 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199304 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : n81 |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : ont |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 239536 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft has unairworthy items: seat tracks out of limits, spark plugs, nose strut low, airworthy directives not complied with, needs a lot of maintenance which was not done but owner was told, no logbooks. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states he submitted report because he feels this is happening a lot these days. He did no work on aircraft, but inspected maintenance work. He gave the owner a list of necessary items. One major problem he finds is that legal owner maintenance is accomplished but not entered in logbooks. He told one owner the aircraft had not had an oil change in 5 yrs. Got quite an argument until he convinced the owner 'if it is not in the logbook, it hasn't been done' as far as FAA is concerned.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MAINT INSPECTOR FINDS SEVERAL MAINT ITEMS NOT COMPLIED WITH? NO LOGBOOKS FOR PROPER ENTRIES.
Narrative: ACFT HAS UNAIRWORTHY ITEMS: SEAT TRACKS OUT OF LIMITS, SPARK PLUGS, NOSE STRUT LOW, AIRWORTHY DIRECTIVES NOT COMPLIED WITH, NEEDS A LOT OF MAINT WHICH WAS NOT DONE BUT OWNER WAS TOLD, NO LOGBOOKS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES HE SUBMITTED RPT BECAUSE HE FEELS THIS IS HAPPENING A LOT THESE DAYS. HE DID NO WORK ON ACFT, BUT INSPECTED MAINT WORK. HE GAVE THE OWNER A LIST OF NECESSARY ITEMS. ONE MAJOR PROB HE FINDS IS THAT LEGAL OWNER MAINT IS ACCOMPLISHED BUT NOT ENTERED IN LOGBOOKS. HE TOLD ONE OWNER THE ACFT HAD NOT HAD AN OIL CHANGE IN 5 YRS. GOT QUITE AN ARGUMENT UNTIL HE CONVINCED THE OWNER 'IF IT IS NOT IN THE LOGBOOK, IT HASN'T BEEN DONE' AS FAR AS FAA IS CONCERNED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.